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[ im-presh-uh-nuh-buhl, -presh-nuh- ] / ɪmˈprɛʃ ə nə bəl, -ˈprɛʃ nə- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR impressionable ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveeasily impressed or influenced; susceptible: an impressionable youngster. capable of being impressed. Origin of impressionable1825–35; impression + -able; compare French impressionnable SYNONYMS FOR impressionable1 receptive, responsive, suggestible. SEE SYNONYMS FOR impressionable ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM impressionableim·pres·sion·a·bil·i·ty, im·pres·sion·a·ble·ness, nounim·pres·sion·a·bly, adverbnon·im·pres·sion·a·bil·i·ty, nounnon·im·pres·sion·a·ble, adjective non·im·pres·sion·a·ble·ness, nouno·ver·im·pres·sion·a·bil·i·ty, nouno·ver·im·pres·sion·a·ble, adjectiveo·ver·im·pres·sion·a·ble·ness, nouno·ver·im·pres·sion·a·bly, adverbun·im·pres·sion·a·ble, adjective WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH impressionableimpressionable , impressiveWords nearby impressionableimpresario, imprescriptible, impress, impressible, impression, impressionable, impressionism, impressionist, impressive, impressive aphasia, impressment Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for impressionableAn 18-year-old Swedish rapper/Internet meme has inspired legions of impressionable teens to get based in bucket hats. The Cult of Yung Lean: ‘I’m Building An Anarchistic Society From the Ground Up’|Marlow Stern|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST Headmasters are in a unique position of power to mold the minds of impressionable young students. Headmasters Behaving Badly|Emily Shire|November 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST Sadly, some impressionable young listeners will internalize this “advice.” Is This Country Star the New Wendy Davis?|Matt Lewis|November 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST Education remains first and foremost a device for drilling party ideology into impressionable minds. China’s Schools Teaches Kids to Take Tests, Obey the State, and Not Much More|Junheng Li|November 30, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Prime of Miss Jean Brodie By Muriel Spark “Give me a girl at an impressionable age, and she is mine for life.” Book Bag: Megan Abbott’s Five Dangerous Mentors|Megan Abbott|August 27, 2013|DAILY BEAST The music-loving, impressionable Spanish-Americans deluged the company with dollars and "vivas." The important practical question is the prevention of the fulfilment of the morbid impulse during these impressionable years. Essays In Pastoral Medicine|Austin Malley Upon an impressionable child the effect of this continual and pretty accompaniment to life was deep. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XIX (of 25)|Robert Louis Stevenson Nat is a good-natured, cheery fellow, however—not nearly as clever or as impressionable as Dormy, but with the same common sense. Uncanny Tales|Mary Louisa Molesworth The impressionable imagination of Bassompierre was deeply moved. The Life of Marie de Medicis, Vol. 1 (of 3)|Julia Pardoe
British Dictionary definitions for impressionable/ (ɪmˈprɛʃənəbəl, -ˈprɛʃnə-) /
adjectiveeasily influenced or characterized by susceptibility to influencean impressionable child; an impressionable age Derived forms of impressionableimpressionability or impressionableness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to impressionablesusceptible, impressible, affected, feeling, ingenuous, open, perceptive, plastic, receptive, responsive, sensible, sensitive, sentient, vulnerable, suggestible, susceptive, affectable, influenceable |